Here’s the first look at Spielberg’s adaptation of Michael Murpurgo’s War Horse. The book has already been adapted into a West End play using stunning, traditional puppets for the horses (After the jump below)
Sci-Fi Re-imagined
College Humor re-imagined a handful of famous Sci-Fis as kids books. If you’re a sci-fi nerd, you’ll find these hilarious. If not, you’ll at least like the pretty colours.
I Am Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe tells the world that he really is Harry Potter.
Pottermore Update
So apparently, JK Rowling’s mysterious Pottermore project is an online treasure hunt that leads fans to prizes in the real world. If this is true – (and I hope it is as it’s better than some of the theories I’ve heard so far) – I like it. It’s all very Willy Wonka. Let’s hope that if this is, indeed, the case, that Pottermore is inclusive of Ireland!
According to the Guardian;
News of the project emerged after the Times appeared to have been sent a memo by mistake, although it is not known if it was sent as a marketing device. PR company Adam & Eve appears to be behind the project, and has, in the past, conducted online treasure hunts using Google maps. Last year it created LittleBigMap, a game designed to promote the video game LittleBigPlanet 2, which encouraged users to find new markers on the map by following clues.
Read the Guardian article here
Werner Herzog reads foul-mouthed childrens book
Werner Herzog, for those who don’t know, is a great director from Germany. He’s made some genuine masterpieces down the years as well as being known for eating his own shoe. Anyway, here he is reading ‘Go the F**k to Sleep’ by Adam Mansbach and illustrated by Ricardo Cortes. If you don’t like bad language, don’t watch.
Read, Read, Read
The above is the advice from Dr Seuss to the children of Troy Michigan in 1971 when their librarian asked for advice to young readers to celebrate the opening of the new library. More after the jump from Asimov and White.
Harry Potter to return?
A new mysterious website has appeared with the tantalizing name of ‘Pottermore’. It’s sparked off rumours that JK Rowling is working on some more Harry Potter books…
From the Guardian website:
Harry Potter fans have been sent into a frenzy of excitement after the creator of their favourite wizard, JK Rowling, launched a mysterious new website.
The website, Pottermore.com, currently only shows the word “Pottermore” on a pink background, with the promise of more “coming soon” and Rowling’s famous signature emblazoned below. A Twitter account, @Pottermore, has also been set up, and already has almost 25,000 followers. Fans were guided to the site yesterday by a “Secret Street View” challenge, which saw ten Potter fansites given coordinates, each of which led to a single letter. Put together, the letters spelled out Pottermore.
The Cat and The Devil
Today is Bloomsday, when fans of literature the world over celebrate the life and work of Irish author James Joyce. He’s most famous for the masterpieces ‘Ulysses’ or ‘Dubliners’ but many people don’t know that he wrote a children’s story for his son Stephen. It was based on an old French myth. The Devil in the story even spoke in a Dublin accent.
Here’s storyteller supremo Jack Lynch telling the tale of the Cat and the Devil…
Where’s Wally; the game
The World Street Performance Champtionships are taking place this weekend in Dublin (starting today). On Saturday and Sunday they’re trying to break a world record to get the most Where’s Wallys in one photo at one time.
To get in the mood, I thought I might share this fun Where’s Wally (or Waldo for our American friends) game.
Another tip for all the Wally fans out there. You can now buy all the Wally books in one handy travel pack for under €15!
Amazing bookshop in Beijing
These are some photos of Kids Republic, a childrens bookshop in Beijing. This burst of colour is actually situated in a boring office building!
